Legal Research on Miscellaneous Offenses

    5 t7-*1 }IISCELL/INEOUS OFFENSE-S

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rs a political adve*i
advertisemen! i
1923, 5 59?; Code

,r declared to be I
f this state, or rho

Sec.

t7-23-t.
t7-23-2.
t7-23-3.

r7-23-4.
t7-23-5.
t7-u-s.

under this chapter,ll
ilty. of a misdemeec;
rnd may also be
I county for not uon
, cts€. (Acts lgl5, !lr.

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( 19?5 t.

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MISCELIdNEOUS OFFENSES.

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0 17-28-1. I[egal voting or attempting to vote.
Any person who votes more-than onee at any erection herd in this state, or

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g L7-22-4 ELECTIONS $ 17-23-l

g 17-22-4. Limitations on purposes of expenditures.

Collatcral referencee. political contributione or expendituree by pri-
State regulation of the giving or making of vate individuals. 94 ALRild 944.

g 17'22'5. committee to receive, expend, audit and disburse money or
funds contributed.

Cited in Skinner v. Florence, 439 So. 2d llg
(Ala. 1983). '

g 17-22-8. Contributions made to committee.

CoUatcral referenceg. - State regulation tions or expenditures by private indiniduals.
of the giving or making of political contribu- 94 ALRjd 944.

$ 17'22'13. Bills, placards, advertisements, etc., to bear narne of com-
mittce.

Collatcral references.
validity and construction of state statute lTlilil?ai*onvmous 

political advertising' 4

$ 17-22-14. Paid advertisement shall be so marked.

Collateral referenceg. - Validity and con-
struction of state..statute prohibiting anony-
mous political advertising. 4 ALR4th 241.

CHAPTER 23.

MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES.

Sec.
L7-23-9. Repealed.

$ f7-23-1. Illegat voting or attempting to vote.

$ 17-23-9 ELECTRONIC VOTI

(5) Blu,or LABEL. A
contains the names of

$ 17-23-9. Repealed bY Acts 1977, I\

1, 1980.

CHA

ELECTROMC VOTE

Sec.
L7-24-L. Short title.
17-24-2. Definitions.
L7-24-3. Requirements for approval ofsysten
17-24-4. Eleitronic voting committee creater

membershiP, compensation, etc'
L7-24-5. Examination and certification I

equiPment.
17-24-6. Report rif certification or rejection '

be issued.

$ 17-24-f . Short title.

' This chapter shall be known as T
2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-200, P. 374, $ l

E L7-24-2. Defrnitions.

For the purPoses of this chaPt'

meanings respectively ascribed to th
(1) Et PcrnoNlc vorE couNTINr

recorded on a Paper ballot or on

means of Punching, and such vote

by automatic tabulating equiPmel
(2) Aurou^lrlc TABULATING E(

apparatus necessary to examine
on ballots, and data Processing I

ballots and tabulating results.
(3) Blu,ot. Such term shall in

ballots.
(4) Blu,ot cARD. A ballot whi

marking.
Ihe worde "illegal or fraudulent', ae

used in thle section are merely descriptive
of the intent neceseary for the iommissilon of
the offense. Wilder v. State, 401 So. 2d 151
(Ala. Crim. App.), cert. denied, 401 So. 2d 162
(Ala.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 105?, 102 S. Ct.
606, 70 L. Ed. 2d 595 (1981).

Clearly, the language of this section reflecte
a common understanding that ,.illegal or

fraudulent voting,' is voting more than one
ballot for the same ofiice, or attempting to vote
when one is not entitled to do so. This section
thus gives due notiee of the criminal conee-
quences of such action. Wilder v. State, 401 So.
2d 15f (Ala. Crim. App.), cert. denied,4Ol So.
2d 167 (Ala.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1OSZ, tO2
s. ct. 606,70 L. Ed. 2d 595 (1981).

questions to be voted on'
(6) CorrrnurrEE. The Alabama

2nd Ex. Sess., No' 83-200, P' 374'

$ 17-24-3. RequirementE for aP!

(a) The governing bodY of anY

subiivisio; of the state maY, in it
.""olotiorr, authorize, adoPt, and

card, p

the ofl